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Seriously, if remington pulled their heads out of their azzes and made a true left handed 760/7600 like they did with the imfamous 870 I'd get rid of most of my bolt guns. I've shot a lot of comp trap (money shoots) with my lefty 870 and love the dang thing!! A little story about how good the 760's shoot: I was shooting an offhand (no sling support) competition at a club and one gentleman toting a remington 760 gave me a run for my money . He was hitting the 4" steel almost as frequently and nailed an egg with 1 shot as well. That was a pretty close match to say the least. He said he generally shoots sub moa groups with that old rifle off the bench and I don't doubt it one bit!!

A real help on the 760/7600 is to replace the trigger with a Timeny. It has 3 springs rates, lets you get it down to about 3-4 lbs., and really fixes the trigger problem. I also put the same fix on my 870's, they all use the same trigger group.

I was glad to see what MILES58 had to say about TTSX 130 gr in 30-06. My experience has been good too. I have a 7600 Carbine. First 3 shots 5.9" with Varget and Combined Technology 150g bullets. Had to make COAL 3.25" to fit in the clip. Next I shot 130g TTSX, 51g AA 2495 (work up to it in your gun), CCI 200, Rem case at the 3.25" OAL. First 2 shots at 100 yards were 0.25", adjust scope, 3 in 0.57", then one more adjustment and 2 in 0.80" to confirm sight in. Same load in S&W Model E Mannlicher at 3 in 0.63" with 3.25 OAL. Fusions, Failsafes and Accubonds ran 1.4 to 2.03". Steyr Mannlicher likes it too. 0.79" vs 3.91 and 1.63" with Accubond and Failsafe. As you can tell, I use several kinds of premium bullets and I am not a Barnes freak any more than a Nosler Partition freak (although I would probably settle on the Nosler P if only had one). However, I have had lots of good luck with the lighter Barnes bullets.

Being in Pa pumps are almost obligatory for deer season. The single biggest accuracy problem I have seen with them is these people who mount see thru mounts on the rifle. Every one who has had accuracy issues and especially zeroing issues. Has been the resukt of see-thrus. My 760 puts 165 gr. federal trophy copper factory loads in a group just over an inch if I do my part

I'm running Leopold quick detatch rings and bases and they are definitely tight. After speaking with Whelenut I'm thinking that the forearm contact is my problem. With very light pressure or just the weight of the gun on the bag I have 100% contact with the barrel. Whelenut told me he checked 6 rifles and none of them make barrel contact with even heavy pressure. Gonna try to adjust the forearm and maybe remove some material if needed then back to the range.


Roy

That makes sense. Mine free floats too

'50's Model 760 in .300 Savage will do just under an inch....

Is that a factory butt stock on the top one? If so, what is it?

It is a simple factory screw on stock.

THIS:



...just an older non-recoil pad model, maybe an 1100 SF?




DMc

back in 1981 I bought at that time was a mod 6 in 270
it was a very accurate

First deer I tagged with my own home rolled loads was with this older 760 in .270. Big fat nanny at 311 yards with a Sierra 130 and H4831. She took one hop and gave up the ghost. I've had 5 of these and all shot as good or better than my bolt guns.

Someone posted having accuracy problems (maybe not on the site) with a 7600 and found the action tube the forearm works on needed tightened. Maybe that's the reason your forearm is touching the barrel?
#4 threads onto #7. #7 goes through the receiver and through the hole in the tang on the barrel. The barrel is sandwiched between the receiver and the action tube. Maybe something best left to a 760/7600 knowledgeable gunsmith.

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Remington-33454/Rifles-37895/7600-39570.htm

Hey Roy...so what happened? Got that thing shooting yet?

Ever figger out what the problem was?

WN

Yeah, he got 'er shootin' better than alot of bolt guns. I'll let him fill in the details.

I have an old 760 in '06 that shoots most loads an inch or so. It's very consistent with 180gr factory loads. The trigger sucks azz on most and probably limits what people get out of them.

Never tried hand loading for it.

The triggers are actually pretty easy to fix if you've done much trigger work, and some gunsmiths know how to work on 'em.

I haven't had a vast number of 760's and 7600's, but have had several from .270 to .35 Whelen. All shot an inch or a little less with some tweaking of the forend "bedding." The newer 760's and all 7600's can be free-floated. The older 760's can't be floated very easily, due to the action-tube bracket, but some relieving of the bracket tension usually helps.

When I purchased my 1952 (first year of production) M760, it had a very tight contact between the action tube bracket and barrel. This was despite the Remington advertisement in the 1953 Gun Digest boasting of a free floating barrel for the M760.

Before the second time the rifle was taken to the range, the bracket was fitted with a little file work so that there was a visible gap between it and the barrel.

After hunting with the M760 for a few years, I found that the bracket has no real function even though Remington called it a 'brush guard'.

On my M760, it is easily removed along with the action tube end cap, which is an unnecessarily hefty hunk of steel. Punch out a pin and unscrew. It was replaced with a lightweight rubber expanding plug from the hardware store.





Rifle still functions exactly as it had before but is 4-5 oz lighter. 2 MOA with iron sights happens often enough to be expected.

I suppose, the threaded action tube could be fitted with an screw-in tactical light or laser sight, if either of those needs were ever to present themselves.

I handload 100gr. Sierra Game Kings for My .257Rbts in My 7600. It shoots under an inch at 100yds. I had trouble with it not wanting to pick up a new round. Did some research and bent the front of the clip just a fraction and it works great....

My wife inherited a Model Six from her father, a .243 which will outshoot any of my bolt guns.
For a 35 Whelen try 225 grain Sierra bullets and IMR 4895.
whelennut

I am by no means a Remington guy but these are nice hunting rifles. I had one in .308 back in high school and I really liked it. I made some nice shots at water jugs at extended ranges with it, but I never put it on a bench to shoot for groups. We were more hunters instead of shooters back then.